Theory of warfare and military science

This analysis of battles in the American Civil War, and in other contemporary wars, demonstrates the importance of superior numbers.

This book offers a detailed examination of the counter-insurgency operations undertaken by the Nigerian military against Boko Haram between 2011 and 2017.

Originally published in 1993, this volume was unique in its scope and approach: Unlike most literature on nuclear weapons proliferation at the time, the essays in this volume offer theoretical discussions and suggest testable hypotheses about the causes and effects of nuclear weapons proliferation.

Limited force is different than war: different in scope, strategic purpose, and ethical permissions and restraints.

Survival, the IISS's bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment.

This book critically examines how US foreign policy has produced a regional regime of instability and insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East.

This book explores the interrelationship between terrorism and policy relevance from a range of critical perspectives.

Despite having been active in the region since the mid-1990s, the role of NATO in the Middle East has attracted particular attention since the events of 11th September 2001.

The Armed Conflict Survey 2022 provides an exhaustive review of the political, military and humanitarian dimensions of 33 active armed conflicts globally in the period from 1 March 2021 to 30 April 2022.

This book explores the value of Corbett's seminal work Some Principles of Maritime Strategy over time in a changing context and with evolving technology.

This edited volume introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy, and outlines some of the major foreign and domestic actors in the space arena, as well as constraints of law and treaties on activities in space.

The Routledge Handbook of Russian Security offers a comprehensive collection of essays on all aspects of Russian security and foreign policy by international scholars from across the world.

This book addresses the issues raised by Chinese and North Korean maritime 'gray zone' activities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

This work blends strategic analysis of contemporary US foreign policy with long-term historical discussion, producing an important argument relevant to the debates surrounding both the merits of contemporary US foreign policy and the long-term trends at work in American political culture.

Fully illustrated, this book casts light on the utility and role of the German and British cavalry in the early stages of World War I on the Western Front.

In the 1980s the world spent an enormous amount on preparations for war.

This book delves into the secret histories of the CIA, the FBI, and British and Italian intelligence to study how policymakers can control intelligence agencies and when these agencies will try to remove their own government.

Prelude to the Easter Rising casts light upon the clandestine activities of Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany from 1914 to 1916.

The debate on no-first-use of nuclear weapons has been conducted on a number of fronts.

This book investigates the use and utility of military force in modern war.

This book offers the first analysis of the brutalisation paradigm in counter-insurgency warfare.

NATO's Northern members are increasingly concerned about Russia's military activities.

This innovative Routledge Handbook sheds light on the complex and transformative nature of Global China, prompting a re- evaluation of existing theories on global and regional dynamics.

This book offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-national approach to defining key elements required to define power within the maritime domain.

This new volume explores what the acquisition of nuclear weapons means for the life of a protracted conflict.

This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles ('hunter-killer drones') in contemporary conflicts.

Exploring NATO's post-Cold War determination to support democracy abroad, this book addresses the alliance's adaptation to the new illiberal backlashes in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and Afghanistan after the alleged 'return of history'.

Research on The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a valuable addition to understanding the political situation in the potentially volatile South China Sea region.

This book analyzes China's foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status.

Volume I of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British government's strategic nuclear policy from 1945 to 1964.

The Routledge Handbook of Air Power offers a comprehensive overview of the political purposes and military importance of air power.

This book offers an analysis of key individuals who have contributed to both the theory and the practice of counterinsurgency (COIN).

This book, first published in 1990, examines the nature and causes of the changes to Soviet national security policy under Gorbachev.

This book analyses the root causes of suicide terrorism at both the elite and rank-and- file levels of the Hamas and also explains why this tactic has disappeared in the post-2006 period.

This book offers the first analysis of the brutalisation paradigm in counter-insurgency warfare.

This book examines the dynamics of intelligence practices in the Scandinavian culture of high social cohesion and high trust.

The Communist Economic Challenge (1965) examines the substantial industrial development in the Soviet Union, and its European satellites, and China, looking at Khrushchev's boast that by 1970 the USSR's industrial output would surpass that of the USA.

In the history of warfare, an elite group of men have attained almost legendary status through their courage, ambition and unrivalled military genius.

When originally published in 1985 this volume was the first scholarly and objective contribution available on Rhodesian counter-insurgency.

Physical science and technology (engineering) are fundamentally linked by the possibility of predictions: science tests itself and grows by making and checking predictions; technology relies on predictions and thus furthers the growth of the associated science.

Air power has been one of the key elements in modern warfare.

This book, first published in 1984, examines France's independent nuclear weapons programme of the 1980s alongside the French peace movement, which was almost totally absent - in contrast to the peace protests of the US and the rest of Europe.

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the warriors fighting on both sides during the Vikings' attacks on the Frankish realm in the 9th century, as raiding escalated into full-scale siege warfare.

Strategic Survey 2020 The Annual Assessment of GeopoliticsThe worst pandemic in a century tested governments, strained societies and frayedinternational ties during the year to mid-2020.

This work explains and critically examines the main theoretical aspects of operational warfare at sea.

This collection of essays makes a significant contribution to the historiography of the end of the Cold War.

This book analyses the role of institutionalised summits in international governance, adding a fresh perspective to the controversial debate over the value of institutionalised summits for international governance.

This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of current scholarship on the Cold War, with essays from many leading scholars.

In the Post-Cold War era, US nuclear foreign policies towards India witnessed a major turnaround as a demand for 'cap, reduce, eliminate' under the Clinton administration was replaced by the implementation of the historic 'civil nuclear deal' in 2008 by Bush, a policy which continued under Obama's administration.

John Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called 'OODA' loop model he developed.